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Although Tong Guan has been insisting, and has been urging the Shengjie army to complete as soon as possible and urge the Western Army to assemble as soon as possible, Cai still dares to conclude that whether it is the completion of the Shengjie Army or the assembly of the Western Army, it will not be so smooth.

The relationship within the Western Army is too complicated, and it is unlikely that it will leave the northwest without going through a series of games.

And the casualties of the Shengjie army this time are too large, the key is that the Fangla uprising is now short of money and food, so it is almost impossible to make up for the battle in a short time.

Therefore, in the end, it can only be the Jinwu Army, which can be driven immediately, to go north.

In other words, this commander, Cai is still decided, no one can stop him, Tong Guan is just dying.

One of the reasons why Cai still ventured back to Bianliang City in Tokyo this time was that Cai still wanted to make a fortune from the Zhao Song Dynasty before his ambitions were exposed.

Don't get me wrong, Cai still wants not money, but people, to be precise, talents.

Cai is still different from the past.

Thinking about the beginning, Cai still wanted to recruit a small county magistrate Zhao Kai, but he couldn't recruit because his grade was not enough.

Now, although Cai is still a little worse than Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Cai You, and other important ministers and powerful ministers, he can barely recruit some wings in his own right.

Moreover, Cai still has a very good excuse now.

This excuse is that if Cai still leads his troops north to recover Yanyun, a group of civilian officials must follow.

The so-called Yanyun, according to the place names of later generations, refers to the Beijing area, the northern part of Tianjin, Hebei and Shanxi, which is divided into 16 prefectures.

It is further subdivided into seven states in front of the mountain and nine states in the back of the mountain.

The seven states of Shanqian are centered on Beijing.

Yasango Kyushu has Datong as the core.

During the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Shi Jingjiao, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, in order to ascend the throne of the emperor, did not hesitate to use the sixteen states of Yanyun to ally with the Khitans.

From a topographical point of view, the seven states in front of the mountain themselves are part of the North China Plain, and the main combat advantage of the northern nomads is cavalry.

When the cavalry meets the plain, the combat effectiveness can be said to be extremely strong, if you can't get the seven states in front of the mountain, there is almost no danger to defend on the North China Plain.

On the one hand, there is an important horse-producing area in Yago-Kyushu, and on the other hand, it can provide a strategic buffer space and provide support for the seven states in front of Yasamae. Once you get your hands on it, it's pretty secure.

In addition, Pingzhou, Luanzhou, Yingzhou can also be included in the defense area of Yanyun---- from Pingluanying can also go south, here belongs to the third passage to the south, after the Liao State got the Pingluanying three states, the three states were separately demarcated a Pingzhou Road.

In this way, Yanyun is actually nineteen states.

Let's not talk about how to lay down this Yanyun Nineteen Prefectures.

Zhao Song's idea was not, go to Yanyun Nineteen Prefectures to fight, and then grab something there, and then return to the court.

Zhao Song's idea was to recover the nineteen states of Yanyun.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Song's idea was to defeat the nineteen states of Yanyun and then send people to govern them.

It depends on military generals to defeat it, but if you want to govern it, you have to use civilian officials.

And the nineteen states of Yanyun will never be able to fight them all in one go, and it is likely to be defeated one by one.

In this way, when you lay down a state, you have to send a group of civil officials to govern, and then you have to lay down a state, and then send a group of civil officials to govern, and so on.

Under such circumstances, it is natural that a large number of civilian officials must advance and retreat with the army, so as to ensure that the good situation will not be delayed because of procrastination.

Therefore, Cai still wants to recruit civil officials and literati, which is absolutely justified.

In fact, not only Cai is still recruiting civil officials and literati, but Tong Guan is also recruiting Lilike scattered all over the country, preparing to take them to Yanyun together.

Cai still does not have the profound background of Tong Guan, and it is impossible to let a large number of civil officials and literati gather to stand by at the sound of an order.

Cai can still only transfer these civil officials and literati through formal channels.

But----

It is precisely because of this that Cai can still transfer whoever he wants, and then ask Zhao Ji for unified approval.

In this case, Cai is still really polite, all the famous ministers he knows, he first gathered all the ministers under his command.

Like, Chen Yu, Li Gang, Li Guang, Chen Gongfu, Chen Kangbo, Qiu Yi, Guo Yong, Tang Chong, Zhao Kai, Hu Shijiang, Liu Ziyu, Hu Yanqing, etc......

In short, all the famous ministers and capable ministers of the Two Song Dynasty that Cai still knows, can think of, and can gather, Cai is still all under his command.

As for whether you can take these people for your own use, you can wait until later.

These people that Cai still wants, except for a very few one or two, the others are not talents valued by the Zhao Song Dynasty now.

Chen Yu will not talk about it first, at least he is a transfer envoy to Huaibei and Huainan, and he has made great contributions in the near future, and he can be regarded as a talent that the Zhao and Song dynasties attach more importance to.

Let's talk about Li Gang, the future prime minister.

Two years ago, Li Gang asked the Zhao Song court to pay attention to internal and external troubles, which was considered inappropriate by Zhao Ji and sent him to supervise the taxation of Shaxian County, Nanjianzhou.

As a result, Li Gang is now just a small tax officer.

Along with Li Gang, there was also Li Guang, who was known as the four ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty along with Li Gang and Zhao Ding and Hu Quan, who had not yet been born.

Also two years ago, Li Guang appointed Dr. Taichang and promoted him to the rank of Sifeng, and he accused the scholars of being sycophants and treacherous people, and even invoked Xun Qing's words of 'having obedience and no admonition' to block the way of speech;

Wang Hao was disgusted with Li Guang and ordered the officials to appoint him as the magistrate of Yangshuo, Guizhou.

Liu Anshi heard that Li Guang was demoted for discussing political affairs, and wrote a letter to praise him.

At that time, Li Gang also left the imperial court because of his comments on the flood and lived in Yixing, where he waited for Li Guang at the water post and came out in person and shouted: "Isn't it the ship of Li Sifeng in Zhaozhou?" ”

After staying for a few days, the two made friends and parted.

Later, Li Guang was appointed as the secretary of the department and promoted to Fu Baolang, a petty official from the seventh grade.

Chen Gongfu was appointed as the Shaoyin of Tianfu in Yuezhou, except for the secretary Lang, from the seventh grade.

Chen Kangbo, this year's Jinshi, has not yet officially debuted, and there is no product.

Hatred, Wuzhi County Order, is the seventh product.

Guo Yong, Taigu Zhixian, is the seventh product.

Tang Chong, the manager of Shuzhou joined the army, and he was eight products.

Zhao Kai, Yangwu County Order, is the seventh product.

Hu Shijiang, although he was the great-grandson of Hu Su, the privy deputy envoy of Song Renzong, and the younger brother of Hu Tanglao, the pacification envoy of western Zhejiang, was also a Dengjin Shidi, but now it is just a small county order of Zhengqipin.

Liu Ziyu is not an orthodox literati, if he hadn't been a Jiyi writer not long ago and followed his father Liu Tao to go on a trip to Fangla, it would have been a problem to even enter the officialdom, and now it is just a nine-grade Taifu book.

Hu Yanqing doesn't need to say it, he is just a small military attache and a small translator at the level of commander, and Cai still said that he would be transferred.

All in all, almost all of these people are now powerless, and after Cai still sought Zhao Ji's approval, with a paper order, they all had to obediently leave their original posts and gather in Bianliang City, Tokyo for Cai Ying's use......

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this day.

Cai Ying's father-in-law, Zhu Boliang, came to Cai Ying's house again.

As soon as he saw Cai Ying's face, Zhu Boliang said: "Virtuous son-in-law, you can go and see His Royal Highness the Prince, I ...... I just can't resist it. ”

As soon as Cai still returned to Beijing, the crown prince Zhao Huan asked Zhu Boliang to invite Cai Ying, and he said that he wanted to help Cai still prepare for the wedding.

In this regard, Cai still immediately said to Zhu Boliang: "Father-in-law, when this marriage will be completed, you have the final say, but the prince, I can't see it." ”

Compared with before leaving Beijing, Cai's current identity has changed dramatically.

At that time, Cai was still only the deputy commander of the soldiers and horses along the way, and there were only two armies on the surface (the Jinwu Left Army and the Jinwu Right Army, and the other armies were only under Cai Zhen's control, not Cai Ying's direct subordinate).

In that case, Cai is still mixed up with the prince's party, and it is not a big deal, and Zhao Ji will not care too much.

But now, Cai still has an army of 50,000, and he is definitely a big man in the military, a general in commanding the army.

The commander of the army befriended the prince of the current dynasty, which no emperor could bear.

The key is now a critical period to decide to recover Commander Yan Yun.

And once whoever is selected as the commander to recover Yanyun, it is not only the people in the headquarters who will be controlled, but most of the people and horses of Zhao Song will be controlled.

With so many people controlled by which courtier, can the emperor rest assured?

Not to mention anything else, in history, when Tong Guan led most of the army of Zhao and Song to recover Yanyun, Zhao Ji sent his most trusted person Cai You to keep an eye on Tong Guan, and also arranged countless eyeliners around Tong Guan, so that Tong Guan could not escape Zhao Ji's eyes if there was any trouble.

It can be seen that although Zhao Ji is mediocre, he will not be easily relieved when dealing with the courtiers who commanded most of the soldiers and horses of Zhao and Song, or even not at ease.

And there are too many examples in history of the generals who commanded the army and united with the prince to force the emperor to abdicate, the most famous of which is Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Cai still must not let Zhao Ji misunderstand that he is standing with Zhao Huan, especially at this critical time.

On the other hand, although Cai still has a lot of fathers-in-law, but the father-in-law is only Zhu Boliang, the key is that all along, Zhu Boliang has been actively helping Cai still recruit students, which can be said to help Cai still a lot, so Cai still can't chill Zhu Boliang's heart.

Based on these two aspects, Cai still said: "Father-in-law, you don't know that I can't get too close to the prince now, if it's too close, ......"

Before Cai Yi could finish speaking, a very nice female voice sounded: "What's wrong with being too close?" ”

Cai still looked up and saw Zhu Lian looking at him with one foot in the door and one foot outside the door.

Cai Ying's attendants beside Zhu Lian confessed one after another: "Uncle forgiveness, it's not that we don't stop it, it's the crown princess who broke in, and we can't stop it at all." ”

Zhu Lian glanced at Cai Yi provocatively, as if to say, "I'll break in, what can you do with me?" ”

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